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Who challenged Athena to a spinning and weaving contest?
Arachne.
Why those Athena proted odesey?
Who challenged a goddess to a weaving contest and was then changed into a spider
Who entered a weaving contest with Athena and lost?
Arachne and Athena had a weaving contest but Athena lost and turned her into a spider.
Who was a skilled weaver who angered Athena by bragging about her skills?
Arachne was the weaver that challenged Athena at a weaving contest. Arachne won, but Athena turned punished the impious pretensions of her acolyte Arachne by turning her into a weaving spider.
What are Athena's fears?
Spiders because Arachne challenged Athena to a weaving competion (Athena is the goddess of weaving as well) Athena got mad and turned Arachne in to a Spider.
What does arachnid mean in Greek mythology?
Arachnid comes from the peasent girl Arachne, who challenged Athena to a weaving contest and lost. Athena then turned her into a spider which is where the term arachnid comes from.
Why did aphrodite challenge Athena to a weaving contest?
Aphrodite challenged Athena to a weaving contest as part of a broader narrative involving the Trojan War. The challenge stemmed from a competition among the three goddesses—Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera—over who was the fairest, which was initiated by Paris, a Trojan prince. Aphrodite promised Paris the love of the most beautiful mortal woman, Helen, if he chose her, leading to the contest with Athena, who was known for her exceptional skills in weaving. This rivalry ultimately contributed to the events that sparked the war between the Greeks and Trojans.
What was the biggest challenge Athena ever faced?
The Weaving COntest
What is the purpose of the myth of Arachne?
Arachne was a talented weaver and when people started to watch her, she boasted that she was better than the goddess Athena. One day Athena actually came and challenged her to a weaving contest to see who was better. They sat down and weaved for hours and at the end of the contest, since Athena didn't like the was Arachne portrayed the gods and goddesses in her weaving, Arachne was changed into a spider.
How arachne feel about her weaving skills?
Arachne believed her weaving skills to be as good as Athena's. Athena heard about this and came down to challenge Arachne to a contest to see who could weave the better blanket/tapestry/piece of fabric. The story goes that Arachne's weaving was equal to that of Athena's, but the story that her piece depicted was offensive to the Gods and therefore Athena turned Arachne into a spider so that she could spend the rest of her days weaving webs.
Why was Arachne turned into a spider?
She beat Athena, goddess of the domestic arts, in a weaving competition and boasted about it. Athena took her vengeance by turning the mortal Arachne into a spider, but granted her the ability to keep weaving beautiful silken webs.
What happened to Arachne?
Arachne was an arrogant girl. She thought she was the best at weaving and challenged Minerva (Athena) to a weaving contest. Minerva saw no flaws in her work and became extremely jealous. She beat her over the head with a boxwood spindle and turned her into a spider.
